Archive for April, 2007
Monday, April 30th, 2007
The latest musings of a Knicks fan…
I found myself at a conundrum yesterday as I watched the Chicago Bulls knock off the Miami Heat yesterday.
A lifelong fan of the New York Knicks, I’m torn. In the 1990s, the Bulls, who featured Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant et al, demolished the Knickerbockers at every opportunity. I would […]
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
David Halberstam = egomaniac?
Check out this interesting piece on Slate.com about it.
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1 Comment » - Posted in Current events by Daniel
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Video of the Day: ‘Stop Snitching’ (60 Minutes)
Anderson Cooper - perhaps surprisingly - did a good job covering the “Stop Snitching” phenomenon on both sides of the debate for this “60 Minutes” piece.
Our lives and families are all we have left at the end of the day. Street credibility means literally nothing in the grand scheme of things, and dead bodies look […]
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
Death of a legend: David Halberstam killed in car crash
Famed author, journalist and historian David Halberstam wrote 21 books and was working on one about the Korean War at the time of his death (photo courtesy Royce Carlton, Inc.)
David Halberstam, a fabulous writer who wrote about baseball, the Vietnam War and the D.C. press corps, died Monday in a car crash outside of San […]
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
University presidents mum on race in wake of VT massacre
An interesting article in this past weekend’s issue of theFinancial Times cites increased hesitation by South Koreans when it comes to sending their kids to the States for a college education.
And why shouldn’t they? Reporter Song Jung-a lists shame and safety concerns among the reasons they may not send students here.
But as […]
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
Gore campaigners assemble in secret: Sunday Telegraph
According to an article in today’s Sunday Telegraph, Tim Shipman reported that some of Mr. Gore’s former strategists have started to handpick a “shadow team that could run his campaign at short notice.”
The Sunday Telegraph reports Al Gore may throw his hat in the ring for the U.S. presidency
The former veep, fresh off an Academy […]
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Friday, April 20th, 2007
Update: Ginsburg dissent
According to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court’s decision Wednesday to uphold the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban of 2003 was a monumental mistake.
She writes: “In candor, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, and the Court’s defense of it, cannot be understood as anything other than an effort to chip away at a right declared again […]
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
While you were sleeping: Supreme Court upholds partial-birth abortion ban
Sneaky one, huh?
The Supreme Court today voted 5-4 to uphold the Partial-Birth Abortion Act of 2003. A possible repeal/amendment of the ban - considered invalid because its lack of a health exemption for pregnant mothers - was on the docket, but was shot down.
Partial-birth abortion generally take place after Week 20 of term. […]
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
Video of the Day: Bipedal Dog
Thanks to my friend Ben Wolff for showing me this clip. It’s a segment from the Montel Williams show from about a year ago.
How cute is this?
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
Kudos: The Roanoke Times
Kudos to the Roanoke Times for its blog-style coverage of today’s massacre at Virginia Tech.
The writers at the Times used the blog’s staccato-style to vividly describe what was happening on the ground in Roanoke, Va. quite effectively. This is media coverage in the 21st century, a blend of professional and citizen journalism.
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